Gravity traverse along the United Arab Emirates gulf coast between diba-khor fakhan

Abstract EN

A 46 km gravity profile (based on 24 gravity stations) was established over the Tethydn crust exposed along the Emirates coast of the Gulf of Oman from Diba to 8 kin south of Khor Fakhan.

A Bouguer gravity anomaly of about 30 mGal is noted across the profile which is interpreted in terms of shape and mass distribution of concealed part of the obdueted nappe.

A maximum gravity value w as found over the maximum thick ness of the nappe near Dadnah.

Local gravity variations arc interpreted as related to varvingly serpenlinized portions of the main Semail peridotite.

The geologic modelling of gravity values correlates well in terms of known thicknesses with the mappable ophiolite units of northern Oman.